Michael Mosbacher
Shy Tories, Lazy Labour: The Pollsters’ Fiasco
How did the pre-election polls get it so wrong? By misjudging the turnout
We Told You So
The Conservative majority took everyone by surprise — or did it?
Two Men Who Mean Business
The economics ideas of two successful entrepeneurs — one Tory, one Labour
Overrated: Diane Abbott
The publicity-chasing Labour MP who hopes to become Mayor of London
Underrated: Jacob Rees-Mogg
The Conservative Party’s most loyal rebel
Our Big Break
What does a sociopathic billionaire read on his private jet?
Wealth of Rubbish
Why do so many rich capitalists have a penchant for collecting anti-capitalist art?
Overrated: Lars von Trier
Why is the pretentious Danish film maker and self-styled Nazi taken so seriously?
Underrated: Paul Singer
There is more to the New York “vulture capitalist” who wants Argentina to honour its debts than his critics would have us believe
Putin has his Useful Idiots on the Left and the Right
British apologists for Russian aggression in Ukraine are either blinded by their hatred of America or by their loathing of the EU
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal